Where does “maximus” come from?

maximus (Latin) comes from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

maximus (Latin): greatest

Definitions

  1. greatest

Ancestry of “maximus”, step by step

maximus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin magnus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

via Proto-Italic magisomos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicmagisomos—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great

Words derived from “maximus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Latin magnus →